
Florida Gulf Coast stars in Week 1 of NCAA tourney
The basketball blue bloods from Louisville, Kansas and Indiana made it through. So did the iron men from La Salle. Then there's Florida Gulf Coast, ...

Midwest sees spring transform into winter weather
Few signs of spring are being found in parts of the Midwest as a snowstorm tracks eastward mostly along Interstate 70, bringing heavy snow and high ...

Indiana holds off Temple 58-52 to reach Sweet 16
Indiana's season, the one that's supposed to finish with confetti falling and nets coming down, was minutes from ending in shock and disappointment.

Saplings from Anne Frank's tree take root in US
Saplings from the chestnut tree that stood as a symbol of hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam are being ...

Indiana overpowers James Madison 83-62
Indiana's got a few brutes, some big boys from the Big Ten who know how to throw their weight around. But in their NCAA tournament opener, the ...

Boeing worker mentors 'Barefoot Bandit' in prison
Jonathan Standridge and Colton Harris-Moore made an odd couple as they sat together in the visiting room of a Washington state prison one day last ...

A guide to the NCAA games
The NCAA tournament will not have a repeat champion for the sixth straight season. Kentucky made sure of that by failing to make the field of 68.

Ind. police: Child safe, bus slaying suspect dead
A man pulled a woman off a city bus in northern Indiana on Wednesday, fatally shot her and then took a 3-year-old boy hostage before a sniper killed ...

President Obama picks Indiana to win NCAA title
President Barack Obama is picking Indiana to go all the way in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. ESPN revealed Wednesday that Obama picked the ...

Lindh lawyer to push for 5 daily group prayers
A lawyer who helped American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and other Muslim inmates win the right to hold daily group prayers in a high-security ...

'Only one playboy at Playboy, and that's Hef'
Welcome to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we have The Rock, the world's ugliest tie, the ...
Indiana school, expelled girls reach settlement
Three Indiana girls who discussed which classmates they would like to kill in Facebook posts adorned with smiley faces and LOLs have reached a ...

Syrian opposition elects interim prime minister
Syria's opposition coalition early Tuesday elected a little-known American-educated IT manager and Islamic activist to head an interim government to ...

NTSB: Former Oklahoma QB, friend were flight crew
People who knew former Oklahoma quarterback Steve Davis say his passion for flying began before he arrived at the school and led the Sooners to ...

Former Oklahoma QB Steve Davis dead at 60
As a child, Steve Davis dreamed of playing for Oklahoma and even tucked away a picture of the Sooners' quarterback he idolized in his dresser drawer.
Parents: Former Oklahoma QB had pilot's license
The parents of former Oklahoma quarterback Steve Davis say their son had a pilot's license. Jim and Patsy Davis of Sallisaw, Okla., said Monday their ...

The bracket lives before the games
Drop the pen. Everybody knows no ink makes contact with a bracket sheet until Monday night at the earliest. Until it's deadline time, pencils are ...

Louisville top overall seed in NCAA tournament
Good luck filling out those brackets. The No. 1 seeds are set for the NCAA tournament, but very little has gone as expected in this college basketball ...

2 killed when jet crashes in Indiana neighborhood
A private jet apparently experiencing mechanical trouble crashed Sunday in a northern Indiana neighborhood, hitting three homes and killing two people ...

Wisconsin beats Indiana 68-56 in B10 tournament
Ryan Evans jumps when he shoots free throws. Ben Brust looks as if he just got his driver's license, and Mike Bruesewitz's shaggy hair draws snickers ...

Bryant leaves early, but Lakers beat Pacers 99-93
When Kobe Bryant's playing days end, perhaps he has a future in coaching. If the transition goes as smoothly as it did Friday night, nobody will ...

Bryant starts but has short night for Lakers
Kobe Bryant played 12 minutes Friday at Indiana, missed all four shots and then went to the bench for good. It was all his severely sprained left ...

Zeller scores 24, leads Indiana past Illini 80-64
No matter what happens the rest of the way, Indiana coach Tom Crean believes his team deserves a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. He probably won't ...

Kobe getting day of treatment on sprained ankle
Kobe Bryant says Dahntay Jones' dangerous defense left him with a sprained left ankle, and the NBA agreed. Now, the Los Angeles Lakers are hoping the ...

Police: 3 found in Ind. creek were mother, kids
A mother and her two children who were found dead in a shallow creek in southern Indiana had recently moved from Washington state, police said ...